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(author unknown), Military News Center
There are now nearly as many private contractors in Iraq as there are U.S. soldiers - and a large percentage of them are private security guards equipped with automatic weapons, body armor, helicopters and bullet-proof trucks....
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Aug 15, 2007
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(author unknown), Military Top Stories Center
The Army's top general said that lengthening U.S. tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond the current 15 months would be too stressful and risky for troops....
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Aug 15, 2007
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(author unknown), Military Top Stories Center
Two decades after Christa McAuliffe's doomed Challenger mission, her backup in the teacher-in-space program carried out the dream of an educator turning the space shuttle into a classroom....
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Aug 15, 2007
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(author unknown), Military Top Stories Center
A Soldier charged with beating an Iraqi detainee with a baseball bat and trying to cover it up was convicted of lesser charges Tuesday and sentenced to be reprimanded....
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Aug 15, 2007
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(author unknown), Military Top Stories Center
Destroying an adversary's satellites has far-reaching implications. Nearly every satellite has dual uses. A civilian weather satellite used for tracking hurricanes also could watch military movements. Once a nation disables an adversary's satellites, it puts its own in peril....
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Aug 15, 2007
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(author unknown), Military Top Stories Center
The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday he was preparing recommendations on troop reductions before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Congress and understood that the U.S. footprint in Iraq would have to be "a good bit smaller" by next summer....
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Aug 15, 2007
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(author unknown), Military News Center
Since 2002, Pentagon officials knew that tens of thousands of U.S. servicemembers didn?t have their spouses properly entered in a database used to enroll families in a family life insurance program....
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Aug 14, 2007
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(author unknown), Military News Center
Roughly 56,000 servicemembers owe the Defense Department an estimated $25 million for failing to pay premiums for life insurance they didn?t realize they had....
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Aug 14, 2007
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(author unknown), Military Top Stories Center
The Pentagon has latched onto its most successful strategy in months: partnering with former extremists who have the local know-how to help root out al-Qaida in Iraq....
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Aug 14, 2007
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(author unknown), Military Top Stories Center
Italian volunteers located the plane of a German ace shot down during World War II as well as the pilot's remains, including the dog tag and good luck charms he carried into combat, they said Tuesday....
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